Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary Flashcards
Undistinguished
(adj) common; nothing special
Pretense
(n) pretending or feigning; make-believe; a false show of something
Exasperated
(adj) irritated; provoked; irked
Viciously
(adv) with violence or fury
Sullen
(adj) showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
Vindicated
(v) cleared of accusation, blame, or doubt
Proposition
(n) a suggested plan
Vengeance
(n) revenge
Tentatively
(adv) uncertainly
Furtively
(adv) stealthily; in a way that hides motive
Futile
(adj) useless
Tyrant
(n) dictator; harsh ruler
Forlornly
(adv) pitifully; desperately; hopelessly
Mutilated
(adj) maimed; damaged
Assimilationism
(n) belief that minority cultures should be absorbed into a dominant culture
Insinuatingly
(adv) with more meaning than is spoken; implied
Haphazardly
(adv) carelessly
Arrogant
(adj) proud; haughty
Eccentric
(adj) deviating from the norm; strange
Oppressive
(adj) tyrannical
Cliche
(n) trite or overused expression or idea
Plaintively
(adv) sorrowfully; pathetically
Menacingly
(adv) threateningly
Exuberant
(adj) marked by unrestrained enthusiasm
Presumably
(adv) probably; reasonably supposed
Amiably
(adv) good-naturedly
Ludicrous
(adj) ridiculous
Ominous
(adj) menacing; threatening
Plunder
(v) to rob; to loot
Wrought
(v) shaped; made
Monologue
(n) long speech by one person
Eccentricity
(n) quality of being strange or unusual in behavior
Epitaph
(n) inscription on a tombstone
Amid
(adv) among; in the midst of
